Source: Amy Sowder and Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 5/7/21


Produce truck rates are up 70% or more compared with a year ago, and industry sources don’t think relief is coming anytime soon. In the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report for May 4, truck shortages were noted in Nogales, Ariz.; all districts in California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and central Washington.

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